13 Mar
2003
13 Mar
'03
2:06 a.m.
Hmmm, even noncooperative sellers eventually die.
I'd be on the lookout for his beneficiairies .....
Sipke de Wal
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: Univac III on Ebay
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, Bob Lafleur wrote:
He's had it for years now. I doubt he's going to scrap it.
Michael Nadeau brought to attention the fact that the seller was featured
in Chapter 7 of Kevin Stumpf's book on collecting computers. He detailed
the back in 1997 how he tried to buy the machine from the seller but even
had a problem back then.
This guy will hold onto it until someone offers him twice what he thinks
he can get.
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* Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com * I see that the seller backed off his opening
price to an even $10,000. And
there are still no bids. ... I *hate* to see him scrap it.
If it still ends with no bids, I can arrange a meeting with the seller to
see the machine, and while there, try to convince him not to scrap it.